NTSB CAROL · Event
Event CHI81DEK18
Registry · N3907B
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
SCHLEICHER ASW-15
Engine
NONE NONE
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19800723
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A48618
Registrant of record
COOMBES LEROY D
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Historical record (pre-1982)
NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.
Aircraft
SCHLEICHER ASW15 · N3907B
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
C
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
D
Airport
MADISON COUNTY
Kind of flying
B0
Weather at impact
Sky
SCATTERED-BELOW 1000 FEET
Wind
170° / 20 kt
Temp
85° F
Aircraft history
Serial number
000000015134
Total time
652 hrs
Pilot
Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
362
Age
29
Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)
PLTS LDG IN FLD RPRTD SVR TURBC.WIND GUSTING 30K.
Investigator remarks
SOARING CONTEST.WX BRFG BY CONTEST WX BRFR.ALL 4
Cause factors
- 64/A/28 A PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause — pilot/personnel action
- 68/J/K9 J PERSONNEL OTHER Joint cause
- 82/J/H J WEATHER UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS Joint cause
Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.
Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket
3 0951.
Source file
NTSB_1981_3_0951.txt.
Modern CAROL record on
data.ntsb.gov ↗.
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